Biography of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425

Paternal Family Tree: Stewart

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar 1360

Around 1360 [his grandmother] Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar died. Her daughter [his mother] Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife (age 26) succeeded 3rd Countess Menteith.

In 1361 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 21) was created 1st Earl Fife. [his mother] Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife (age 27) by marriage Countess Fife.

On 28 Sep 1361 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 21) and [his mother] Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife (age 27) were married. He by marriage Earl Menteith. She the daughter of John Graham Earl Menteith and Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar. He the son of King Robert II of Scotland (age 45) and Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland. He a great x 4 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.

In 1362 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany was born to Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 22) and Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife (age 28).

Around 1380 [his mother] Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife (age 46) died.

In 1381 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 41) and [his step-mother] Muriella Keith Duchess Albany (age 23) were married. He the son of King Robert II of Scotland (age 64) and Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland. He a great x 4 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.

In 1394 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 54) was created 1st Earl Buchan. [his step-mother] Muriella Keith Duchess Albany (age 36) by marriage Countess Buchan.

In 1398 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 58) was created 1st Duke Albany. [his step-mother] Muriella Keith Duchess Albany (age 40) by marriage Duchess Albany.

Before 1400 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 38) and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany were married. She by marriage Duchess Albany. She the daughter of Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox (age 54). He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 59) and Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife. He a great x 5 grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.

In or after 1400 [his son] Walter Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 38) and [his wife] Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany at Lennox.

In 1403 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 63) was created 1st Earl Atholl. [his step-mother] Muriella Keith Duchess Albany (age 45) by marriage Countess Atholl.

On 03 Sep 1420 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 80) died at Stirling Castle [Map]. His son Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 58) succeeded 2nd Duke Albany. His son [his half-brother] John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan (age 39) succeeded 2nd Earl Buchan. Elizabeth Douglas Countess Buchan and Orkney and Caithness by marriage Countess Buchan.

In 1421 [his son] Robert Stewart died.

1425 Purge of the Albany Stewarts

Following the Battle of Verneuil at which [his half-brother] John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan, brother of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 63) and key ally of the Albany Stewarts, was killed, King James I of Scotland (age 30) felt able to take action against the Albany Stewarts for their protracted regency whilst James was hostage in England.

Before 18 May 1425 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 63) and his younger son [his son] Alexander Stewart were arrested and confined in St Andrew's Castle then moved to Caerlaverock Castle. His (age 63) wife was arrested at the family's home of Doune Castle and imprisoned at Tantallon Castle.

Murdoch's (age 63) son [his son] James "Fat aka Seamas Mòr" Stewart led the men of Lennox and Argyll in open rebellion against the crown. He attacked and burned the burgh of Dumbarton with much loss of life.

On 18 May 1425 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 63), his two sons [his son] Walter Stewart (age 25) and [his son] Alexander Stewart, and [his father-in-law] Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox (age 80) were tried at Stirling Castle [Map] in the presence of King James I of Scotland (age 30).

The jury which condemned them was composed of 21 knights and peers, including Albany's (age 63) half-uncle [his uncle] Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness (age 65), first cousin Alexander Stewart 1st Earl Mar (age 50), first cousins once-removed Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine (age 35), and Alexander, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles.

On 24 May 1425 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 63), [his son] Walter Stewart (age 25), [his son] Alexander Stewart and [his father-in-law] Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox (age 80) were beheaded at Heading Hill at Stirling Castle.

In 1458 [his former wife] Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany died.

[his son] Alexander Stewart and Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney were married. He the son of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany. They were half first cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.

[his son] James "Fat aka Seamas Mòr" Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany.

[his son] Alexander Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany.

[his son] Robert Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany.

[his son] Isabel Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany.

Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

King Robert II of Scotland 1316-1390

Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland 1274-1329

Royal Ancestors of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425

Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 6 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 12 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 7 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 2 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425

Queen Consort Camilla Shand x 2

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 3

Ancestors of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 3rd High Steward

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 4th High Steward

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bethóc Angus

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Stewart 5th High Steward

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 6th High Steward

GrandFather: King Robert II of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bruce Earl Carrick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Lady Annandale 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Niall Carrick 2nd Earl Carrick

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stewart Countess Carrick

Great x 1 Grandmother: Marjory Bruce 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Donald Mar 6th Earl Mar

Great x 3 Grandfather: Donald Mar 7th Earl Mar

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Mar Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Father: Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Adam Mure

GrandMother: Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland

Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

GrandFather: John Graham Earl Menteith

Mother: Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Menteith I Earl Menteith

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Menteith I Countess Menteith

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan I Earl Menteith

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alan II Earl Menteith

GrandMother: Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar